Benefits Goals: Safety

593 unique benefits found.

Initial research suggests that most drivers will respond to intersection collision warning systems and slow or stop appropriately.
Date Posted: 11/04/2008 | Source Date:
An integrated system of forward collision warning and adaptive cruise control functions was projected to prevent about 10 percent of all rear-end crashes, and 10 to 20 percent of severe near-crashes.
Date Posted: 10/21/2008 | Source Date:
Evaluation data show that forward collision warning systems (CWS) alone, and CWS bundled with adaptive cruise control (ACC) and advanced braking systems (AdvBS) can improve safety for commercial vehicles.
Date Posted: 10/02/2008 | Source Date:
An analysis of the effectiveness of electronic stability control (ESC) at reducing single-vehicle crashes in passenger cars and SUVs (1997-2002 crash data from five States) suggested that single-vehicle crashes were reduced by 35 percent for passenge
Date Posted: 10/01/2008 | Source Date:
Survey data collected from tractor trailer drivers with one to three years of experience driving with intelligent vehicle safety systems (IVSS) indicate that IVSS lowers their perceived workload by 14 to 21 percent over a range of driving conditions.
Date Posted: 09/23/2008 | Source Date:
Widespread deployment of integrated countermeasure systems could prevent over 48 percent of rear-end, run-off-road, and lane change crashes.
Date Posted: 09/16/2008 | Source Date:
In-vehicle rollover advisory control warning messages are expected to prevent 20 percent of rollover crashes caused by excessive speed in curves, based on driving data collected during a Freightliner FOT.
Date Posted: 09/16/2008 | Source Date:
Speed camera programs can reduce crashes by 9 to 51 percent.
Date Posted: 09/08/2008 | Source Date:
An evaluation of electronic stability control (ESC) and crash data from the Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis indicated that the crash rate for single-car crashes and head-on crashes decreased by about 36 percent where ESC was
Date Posted: 09/08/2008 | Source Date:
While both cars and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) benefit from electronic stability control (ESC) systems, evaluation data suggest that the reduction in the risk of single-vehicle crashes was significantly greater for SUVs (49 percent) than for cars
Date Posted: 09/08/2008 | Source Date:
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